Xceed DataGrid for WPF v3.6 Released!

February 2nd, 2010 | Author: JHardison

Wow, apparently I have been distracted by The Secret World and missed entirely the upcoming release of DataGrid for WPF v3.6. But none the less, here it is, fresh clean and ready to display your data in a narly boutique of love!

According to the release notes there are several new features:

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Professional Edition v3.6 an innovative new group navigation control in the Tableflow™ view that greatly increases the datagrid’s usability. A first in any WPF datagrid, it lets the end-user go instantly to any group or sub-group with a single click in a combo box.
Print preview capabilities let the end-user see what a document will look like before printing it—page view and layout configurations are reflected in the preview. The preview is generated in the background, so there is no waiting for the entire preview.
HP’s QuickTest Professional (QTP) is now supported, allowing for automated UI testing.
Multi-selection is now available when using the virtualizing collection view; an added benefit is that implementing drag-and-drop is easier than ever before.
A vibrant new Windows 7 theme and the theme used in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Live Explorer.
Scrolling speed has been improved when dealing with non-virtualized data sources (100,000 rows and up): the more rows in the source, the greater the improvement.
Cells can now be selected (single, multiple, and extended modes), in addition to the standard row selection; as a result, end-users can select and copy blocks of cells like in Excel.
Various cursors in different views—such as “busy”, “resize”, and “drag” cursors—can be customized.
Several bug fixes.

I’m looking close at these new themes they mention. Lets see here…

Here are a couple images of the new themes, however nasty they look in PingNotifyXT is simply because the rest of the app doesn’t follow a theme with them. That can be easily fixed by either adding Xceed’s WPF theme pack or by editing the theme yourself in Microsoft Expression Blend.